This short demonstration of PAI’s intranet portal included a quick tour of the PAI homepage, professional development resource page, and the shared organizational calendar. The portal was developed to support staff internal information needs and influence organizational behavior by documenting and communicating key business processes, policies and standards.

Many thanks to Liz Nugent for sharing her notes, below:

PAI’s intranet is referred to as their “Portal”

It was deliberately kept simple in design, and the staff’s most-used items were put up first

PAI’s Board has their own portal

The Portal is used as a work tool and tracker (e.g. finance forms), includes the Smartsheet (excel-like online tool used for strategic planning, etc.), and allows resource sharing

It was built between January and November 2014, and was launched in December 2014

It is maintained in-house with occasional vendor support

Everything on the Portal should have value added, be up to date, and cross-organizational

It includes links to everything the organization needs and uses; it is meant to be a one-stop shop